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January  2015, 11(1): 199-216. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2015.11.199

Sensor deployment for pipeline leakage detection via optimal boundary control strategies

Chao Xu 1, , Yimeng Dong 1, , Zhigang Ren 1, , Huachen Jiang 2, and  Xin Yu 3,

1. 

State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Institute of Cyber-Systems & Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China, China, China
2. 

Institute of Operations Research & Cybernetics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
3. 

Ningbo Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China

Received  December 2012 Revised  January 2014 Published  May 2014

We consider a multi-agent control problem using PDE techniques for a novel sensing problem arising in the leakage detection and localization of offshore pipelines. A continuous protocol is proposed using parabolic PDEs and then a boundary control law is designed using the maximum principle. Both analytical and numerical solutions of the optimality conditions are studied.
Keywords: Offshore pipeline network, leakage detection, optimal control., continuation approach, multi-agent system, partial differential equations, Lagrangian sensor.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 58F15, 58F17; Secondary: 53C3.
Citation: Chao Xu, Yimeng Dong, Zhigang Ren, Huachen Jiang, Xin Yu. Sensor deployment for pipeline leakage detection via optimal boundary control strategies. Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization, 2015, 11 (1) : 199-216. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2015.11.199
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